Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Italian, 1696 - 1770
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Italian, 1581-1644, active in Genoa and Venice
BiographyHe was the most renowned painter of 18th-century Italy and the last great representative of the grand tradition in Italian art. He was famed as a draftsman and canvas and fresco painter, specializing in dramatic religious and mythological scenes. He enjoyed international patronage. Italian painter.